[Building Operation & Maintenance]

• Operation & Maintenance (O&M)
• Commissioning and O&M Resources [PECI] 
• O&M Best Practices Series 

• Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) or Building Pathology 
• Objectives and methods of POE 
• Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Barney-Davis Hall 

• Dessicant cooling 
• Info from www.advancedbuildings.org 
• Advanced Desiccant Cooling & Dehumidification Program [NREL]
• HVAC 
• Innovative Cooling Technologies [UK BRE] 
• Solar Air-conditioning 
• IEA Task 25 Solar assisted cooling systems
• Solar Air-Conditioning for Buildings 
• Solar-powered air conditioning 
• Solar powered LiBr chillers

• Daylighting Collaborative 
• Designlights 
• Helios32 Resources on Radiosity and Daylighting Calculations 
• Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Daylighting Initiative 

• Bioclimatic Architecture 
• Bioclimatic Skyscrapers [ellipsis.com] 
• High-rise bioclimatic architecture: Ken Yeang  [SmartArch.nl] 
• Vastu Veda (Vastu Architecture) 
• Green (Vedic) Architecture 
• The Theory and Application of the Principles of Vastu Design 

• Adobe 
• Adobe Builder Magazine 
• Adobe Home Construction 
• CalEarth Forum 
• CRATerre-EAG Villefontaine (France) 
• Community Eco-Design Network (CEDN) 
• Earth Buildings 
• The Earth Building Foundation, Inc. 
• Earthship Internet Community 
• Earth Sheltered Homes by Davis Caves 
• home sweet earth home 
• Earthfriendly and Self-Sufficient Architecture (ESSA) ??
• Earth House 
• Enertia Building Systems 
• The Natural Home Building Source 
• Natural Spaces Domes 
• Space on Earth (Earth-sheltered) 
• How Molecules are constructed ??
• Strawbale Construction 
• Addressing institutional barriers to straw bale construction 
• California Straw Building Association (CASBA) 
• House of Straw - Straw Bale Construction Comes of Age [EREN] 
• Mirror site ??
• The Last Straw 
• Modern Adobe In New Mexico?? 
• Natural Building Resources 
• Strawbale Construction [21Design] 
• Straw Bale Home Construction 
• Strawhomes.com 
• Surfin' StrawBale Links List 

• Associations 
• American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) 
• ALCAS (Australien LCA Society) 
• European Network for Strategic Life Cycle Assessment Research & Development
• ISLCA (Indian Society for Life Cycle Assessment) 
• JLCA (Life Cycle Assessment Society of Japan) 
• KSLCA (Korean Society for Life Cycle Assessment) 
• Institute for Lifecycle Energy Analysis (ILEA) 
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) 
• Education 
• Life Cycle Assessment [Ecobilan] 
• Life Cycle Cost Guidelines 
• What is LCC 
• Journals 
• International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
• Papers/Articles 
• Buildings and Life-Cycle Costing [Canadian Building Digest] 
• Comparing the Environmental Effects of Building Systems [Canadian Wood Council] ??
• Environmental Effects of Building Materials [Canadian Wood Council] ??
• Life Cycle Analysis for Residential Buildings [Canadian Wood Council] ??
• Software/Methods 
• ATHENA Sustainable Materials Institute [AV 690 A86] 
• Australia Building Greenhouse Rating Scheme 
• Austin Green Building Program Residential Rating 
• BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) 
• Building Research Establishment (UK) 
• BRE Environmental Profiles 
• BREEAM UK 
• BRE Service Life Assessment Method (BRE-SLAM) 
• EcoHome (UK) 
• Info from Battle McCarthy 
• ENVEST (environmental impact estimating design software) and ENVEST2 [UK BRE] 
• Assessment Process & Benifits [Battle McCarthy] 
• http://envestv2.bre.co.uk 
• WLCcomparator 
• BREEAM Canada and BREEAM/Green Leaf ??
• Copy from CSA 
• Green Globes 
• Building Environmental Quality Evaluation for Sustainability Through Time (BEQUEST) 
• CIC Design Quality Indicator 
• Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency (CASBEE), Japan 
• Construction and City Related Sustainability Indicators CRISP 
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) 
• EcoEffect (Sweden) ??
• Eco-Pro (Finland) 
• Eco-Quantum (Netherlands) 
• ECOTECT 
• Environmental Performance Guide for Buildings (EPGB), NSW Australia 
• Environmental Support Solutions 
• EQUER (France) - A life cycle simulation tool for buildings ??
• Info 
• Paris 
• ESCALE, assessment method of buildings environmental performance - France 
• Firstrate - The FirstRate House Energy Rating Software Package (Australia) ??
• GaBi 3 - Software System, Germany 
• GBTool 
• Green Building Assessment Tool - GBTool 1.3 
• A Second-Generation Environmental Performance Assessment System for Buildings 
• Green Building Advisor (USA) 
• Green Building Rating System (Korea) 
• Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method (HK-BEAM) 
• HK-BEAM Society 
• PolyU BSE (download the documents) 
• New versions (under development) 
• HK-BEAM 4/03 New Building Developments 
• HK-BEAM 5/03 Existing Building Developments 
• Index of Building (Houses) Performance in Japan 
• Intelligent Building Index (IBI) 
• Presentation slides by Professor Andrew Leung 
• Document from AIIB 
• Interactive Tools Survey [University of Weimar, Germany] 
• International Association for Impact Assessments (IAIA) 
• KCL-ECO (Finland) 
• KPI (Key Performance Indicators) for the Construction Industry, UK 
• Korean Green Building Rating Standard (GBRS) 
• LCAid (Australia) 
• LCAit (Sweden) 
• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System 
• New construction and major renovation projects (LEED 2.1) 
• Existing building operations (LEED-EB, Pilot version) 
• Commercial interiors projects (LEED-CI, Pilot version) 
• LEED Canada (info from ATHENA Sustainable Materials Institute) 
• LEGOE (Lebenszyklus von Gebäuden unter ökologischen Gesichtspunkten) (Germany) 
• Life Cycle Costing Program-Version 2.0 ??
• LISA (LCA in Sustainable Architecture) 
• Milieu Relevante Product Informatie (MRPI), Netherlands??
• Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide and Rating System 
• National Australian Building Environmental Rating System Project (NABERS) [Environment Australia] 
• New Measures for Building Performance ??
• PEMS - Pira Environmental Management System (UK / US) 
• SBI LCA tool - LCA tool developed at the Danish Building Research Institute (SBI) 
• SimPro life-cycle assessment software (PRe, Product Ecology Consultants) 
• SmartWaste [UK-BRE] 
• Spartacus (Finland) ??
• SPeAR (Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine) ??
• SPINE (Sustainable Product Information Network for the Environment) 
• Symbiotic Housing (Japan) 
• Taiwan 
• ºñ«Ø¿v¼Ð³¹(Green Building Label) 
• Info from Chinese Architecture & Building Center 
• Info from Architecture & Building Research Institute ??
• ¨¾¤õ«Ø¿v¼Ð³¹ (Fire Protection Building Label) 
• ´¼¼z«Ø¿v¼Ð³¹ (Intelligent Building Label) 
• TEAM (Tool for Environmental Analysis and Management) - LCA tool from EcoBalance / Ecobilan (FR / US) 
• TMG (Tokyo Metropolitan Government) Green Building Program 
• Tools from Sylvatica 
• Umberto 4  (Germany) 
• Research 
• Centre for Design at RMIT, Australia 
• Life cycle assessment 
• Centre for Environmental Assessment of Product and Material Systems, Sweden 
• SPINE (Sustainable Product Information Network for the Environment) 
• Life Cycle Assessment Research Center (LCARC), Korea 
• Life Cycle Assessment (PNL) 
• Life Cycle Architectural System (LCAS) [Kajima] 
• Life Cycle Engineering at IKP University Stuttgart - Germany 
• Resources 
• Activity-Based Management 
• Life-Cycle Assessment 
• Assessment Methods: Design [University of Salford] 
• ISO 14000 
• Life Cycle Assessment for Cities 
• Life Cycle Assessment in Japan 
• Life Cycle Assessment Links 
• Life-Cycle Costing 
• Life Cycle Costing and Stainless Steel 

• Finance and Sustainability [CESD] 
• A Guidebook of Financial Tools [US EPA] 
• Toolbook for Financing Energy Efficiency and Pollution Prevention Technologies [US DOE] 

• GreenHome.com 
• Healthy Building Network (HBN) 
• Healthy Home Designs 
• HealthyHome.com 
• Healthy Home Interiors 
• The Institute for Bau-Biologie and Ecology 

• Social and Cultural Sustainability

• ACEEE's Green Book: The Environmental Guide to Cars & Trucks 
• Carfree Cities 
• Electric Vehicles 
• Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas (EVAA)
• Hypercar 
• Transportation Technologies [ORNL]

• Sustainable Cities 
• Ecologische Stad (Ecological City) (Netherlands) 
• Sustainable Cities Research Institute (University of Northumbia, UK) 
• Sustainable Cities [Northumia University, UK]
• Sustainable Communities 
• Ahwahnee Principles for Resource-Efficient Development 
• Ahwahnee Principles for Smart Economic Development 
• Green Communities Assistance Kit [US-EPA] 
• Sustainable Communities [Sustainability Report] 
• Sustainable Communities Resource Package (SCRP) ?? 
• Sustainable Community Design [University of Manitoba] 
• Urban Design / Communities 
• Best practices for human settlements 
• BEQUEST Toolkit or Sustainable Urban Development [University of Salford] 
• Database on Good Practice in Urban Management and Sustainability 
• Florida Internet Center for Understanding Sustainability (FICUS) 
• PROPOLIS: Planning and Research of Policies for Land Use and Transport for Increasing Urban Sustainability 
• PROSPECTS  Proceduresfor Recommending Optimal Sustainable Planning of European City Transport Systems 
• SPARTACUS (System for Planning and Research in Towns and Cities for Urban Sustainability) 
• SPECTRA: Sustainability, Development and Spatial Planning
• Smart Growth Network 
• SURBAN (database on sustainable urban development in Europe) 
• The Virtual Library on Urban Environmental Management 
• Urban Ecology 
• Living Room 
• Urban Ecology Australia 
• Urban Ecology Design Collaborative 

• Natural Ventilation 
• Tutorials on ventilation prediction and design [Veetech] 
• Ventilation Strategies [Veetech] 
• Visions of Ventilation: Pathways to Sustainable Architecture (Graham Farmer and Simon Guy) 

• Organic waste 
• Recycling Organic Waste: A Win-Win Proposition 
• Urban Agriculture Notes by City Farmer
• Solid Waste
• A Guide for Managing and Minimizing Building and Demolition Waste [PolyU] 
• Hong Kong companies
• Fook Woo 
• Canadian construction and demolition (C&D) waste 
• Construction Waste Management Handbook 
• International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
• OECD Work on Waste Management 
• Office of Waste Management, USDOE 
• Solid Waste Management [CIVCAL at HKU] 

• Associations 
• International Water and Sanitation Centre, IRC 
• Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) 
• Composters (for gardening) 
• Composters.com 
• Florida Online Composting Center 
• Tutorial 
• Composting Toilets 
• Biolet 
• The Compost Toilet & Greywater Recycling Systems Manual 
• The Humanure Handbook 
• The World of Composting Toilets 
• Manufacturers [complete list] 
• Clivus Multrum 
• "Phoenix" Composting Toilet 
• Sun Mar Composting Toilet 
• Nature-Loo 
• VERA/Eco-Tech Carousel 
• Drainwater Heat Recovery 
• GFX Drainwater Heat Recovery 
• Greywater Treatment 
• Greywater irrigation - grey waste treatment 
• Living Technologies 
• Living Machine 
• Oasis Design 
• On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems [Green Center] 
• Source Book of Alternative Technologies for Freshwater Augmentation in Latin America and the Caribbean [UNEP] 
• Sustainable urban drainage systems [CIRIA] 
• Urinals 
• ½Í¤p«K¾¹¤§¬Ù¤ôÁÍ¶Õ [¸`¬ù¥Î¤ô©u¥Z] 
• Water Conservation [CMHC-SCHL] 
• Waterless urinals 
• WaterWiser 
• Water on the Space Station 
• Water-saving appliances 
• Info from Taiwan (in Chinese) 
• Water Systems Program [US Air Force] 
• ¸`¬ù¥Î¤ô§Þ³N¤å¥ó 
• ¤G¤¸¨Ñ¤ô¨t²Î¤¶²Ð 
• ¤ô»ù­pºâ 
• ¦X²z¤ô»ù»¡©« 
• ®Ä²v¥Î¤ôºÞ²z¤â¥U¥Ø¿ý (Water Efficiency Guide for Business Managers and Facility Engineers) 
• §N«o¤ô¶ð¸`¬ù¥Î¤ô¤â¥U (A Guide to Water Conservation for Cooling Towers) 
• «B¤ô¶J¯d¤Î¤¤¤ô¹D¤G¤¸¨Ñ¤ô¨t²Î 

• General 
• Advanced Building Technologies & Practices 
• Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST) 
• CleanGreenNZ.com ??
• e design online 
• EcoArch 
• Ecoconstruct.com (UK) 
• Ecodesign [Washington University in St. Louis] ??
• EcoIQ.com 
• Green Design & Building 
• Ecological Engineering and Sustainable Strategies 
• Ecosustainable Hub 
• Environment Canada's Green Lane 
• Federal Energy Management Program Technical Guide ??
• Global Environmental Options (GEO) ??
 
• Green Design Network ??
• Green Living ??
• Green building and living environment (in Chinese) [Taiwan] ??
• Green Building Concepts 
• Green Buildings [Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development] 
• Green Design / Sustainable Architecture Information Sources [UC Berkeley] 
• Green Design Initiative (GDI) 
• The Green Engineer 
• Green Issues in Planning bibliography [University of Nottingham] 
• Greenspiration! 
• High Performance Buildings [NREL] 
• High Performance Buildings [USDOE] ??
• Hydroponics 
• Practically Green 
• Smart Architecture 
• Smart Office Resource Center (SORC) - Sustainable Development International Corp (SDIC) 
• Green Building 
• Sustainability Web Ring 
• Sustainable Architecture [University of Michigan] 
• Sustainable Architecture, Building and Culture (SustainableABC) 
• www.sustainablebuilding.info 
• Sustainable Building Information System (SBIS) 
• Sustainable Building Resource (Italy) 
• Sustainable Building Sourcebook 
• Sustainable Community Network 
• Sustainable Design Resource Guide, AIA?? 
• Sustainable Development Gateway 
• Sustainable Development International ??
• Sustainable Development Resources database ??
• Sustainable Home Guidelines [Waitakere City Council, New Zealand] ??
• Sustainable Sources (www.greenbuilder.com) 
• Green Building Databases & Design Resources 
• Sustainability Web Ring 
• Together Foundation 
• Best Practices Database 
• UNEP Global Environment Centre, Japan ??
 
• Energy-Saving Technology in Business-Related Buildings ??
• On-Site Green Technique (OGT) in Japan ??
• Waste Treatment Technology in Japans ??
• Water Pollution Control Technology in Japan ??
• Japanese Advanced Environmental Equipment ??
• US Air Force Environmental Quality Program ??
 
• Sustainable Development Toolbox ??

• Brownfield development 
• Brownfields [US EPA] 
• Buildable Design 
• Basics of Buildable Design [Building & Construction Authority, Singapore] 
• Building Envelope 
• buildingenvelope.org [Harvard/MIT] ??
• Gas-Filled Panels (high performance insulation) ??
• Transparent Insulation 
• Building Innovation 
• Research Division of CMHC 
• Highrise & Multiples Innovation Group 
• Building Materials and Products 
• Bill Lawson's Notes on Materials and Sustainability (UNSW) ??
• Building Materials Sustainable Resource Guide ??
• casey and amber's Sustainable building materials home page ??
• DAEC Tool (assessment method for Durability, Adaptability and Energy Conservation) 
• Eco-logis. Site of ecological materials. (only french language) 
• Ecospecifier [RMIT] 
• EnCompass - Map of Recycled Content Buildings ??
• Materials list ??
• Site list ??
• The Gallery of Environmentally Preferable Goods and Services [MIT] ??
• Green Products Guide [Architectural Record] ??
• Happy Harry's Used Building Materials 
• The Harris Directory of Pollution Prevention Products for Home, Office and Garden ??
• HOK's Healthy and Sustainable Building Materials Database 
• Recycled Content Product Database [California Integrated Waste Management Board] 
• Recycled Products. List proposed by ADEME, France. (only french language) 
• Reusable Building Materials Exchange (RBME) ??
• Self-sustaining home products ??
• Sustainable Building Materials ??
• Sustainable Facilities: Building Material Selection (West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum) ??
• Cohousing 
• Cohousing Network 
• Cohousing info from Coldham Architects 
• Concrete reuse 
• Cement and Concrete: Environmental Considerations [EBN] 
• Conservation (Architectural) 
• Conservation Planning: "The Tangibles and Intangibles" 
• Process and Case Studies of Conservation 

• Ecodesign 
• Airtecture (Architecture with Air) 
• Air in Air (Festo, Germany) 
• Airtecture 
• interview with Axel Thallemer 
• Build a hotel out of ice 
• Solar Cloth Dryer 

• Houses 
• The Not So Big House 
• Landscaping 
• Environmentally Beneficial Landscaping [US Air Force] ??
• Sustainable Architecture: Eco Design and Landscaping 
• Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series (SULIS) [University of Minnesota]